Tomboyish Sidetails

Japanese media’s version of Tomboyish Ponytail and tomboy braids. Short hair and two tail on each side of the head that reach at least down to her shoulders used to set off girls who are Tomboys, Ladettes, or at least don't act in a "proper" girlish manner. Has similar effect as Short Hair with Tail, because short hair is boyish but the tails makes the hair just girly enough. Sometimes the sidetails are the only visual clue that the character is in fact a girl.

@LordLaharlsVassal: Well, we can do it like with Gratuitous Foreign Language: The first section lists all the existing subtropes, while the second lists whatever expository hairstyles we can brainstorm here plus examples. Anyone will be free to add more hairstyles (providing examples, of course) without needing a YKTTW and when a list grows too long, we split it off.

"I see, but how will people know if the hairstyle tells them something about the character's personality without a spesific trope?"

The idea is that the article will follow Hair Colors In Japan's example: Briefly describing the usual personality types associated with more commonly known/prominent hairstyles, and leaving the details for the actual Sub Trope(s) covering those hairstyle-personality combinations.

On related note, I propose that we either combine all the ponytail tropes into one single trope, or make a single Super Trope about the cultural associations of ponytails, and then decided which of the existing tropes are distinct enough to remain and cut the rest.

Another idea for the overall expository hair article would be the direction of curling hair: shoulder-length hair that curl inwards usually indicate introverted characters, while curling outwards means an extravert. Don't have any solid examples at the moment, though...

^An example has to be somewhat boyish or else the sidetails has no meaning.
Rico is one of only two non - adult female characters in a series with Loads And Loads Of Characters who only wear male clothing except when her work requires it. The other is Triela, who has long hair tied by ribbons (rather than cut) into two side tails. She's also a Career Killer and something of a Satisfied Street Rat at the tender age of 14.

Is there someone who want to take up the Expository Hairstyles idea?
I would be happy to.

oh okey, I just read about her on the Characters page and it says "Rico's personality is well away from that of a tomboy", but you have probably seen the show so you would know better then me, I will add her.

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